My Onii-chan
Plot: After the Uchiha massacre, Itachi left his summon for his other 'sibling', Naruto. In despair, Naruto vows to grow stronger to eliminate those behind Itachi's sufferings. AliveMikoto, Itachi never used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke.
Please disregard my grammar, I'm only posting this for fun in my free time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All rights belong to the all mighty Masashi Kishimoto.
"Conversation"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 2: My new family
"Caw," Rubbing her puffy eyes, Naruto felt Karasu flapping his wings as he landed on her chest. Noticing the young girl awakening from her slumber, Karasu jumped onto Naruto's face, rubbing his beak against her face.
"Ohayou, Naruto-sama.".
Naruto let out a yawn, petting her new companion on his head before grabbing him into a chokehold, "It's too early to be awake.". She rolled over to the other side of her bed. Soft snores heard mere seconds later. Karasu shook his head before proceeding to jump on Naruto's face, pecking on her cheek. "Wake up Naruto-sama, you're going to be late.".
Irritated by the crow's incessant nagging and jumping on her face, she dragged herself out of her bed and to the dining table. Seeing the empty table, she looked expectantly at the crow - only to be disappointed by an apple placed in front of her by said crow.
"How is this breakfast? I want my ramen," Naruto whined.
"Young master said you have to eat more healthily, Naruto-sama.".
She pouted but as she took in her next breath, she whiffed the smell of her favourite unhealthy noodles. Like a puppy, she followed the heavenly smell - to the door. Opening the door, she recognised her gravity defying greyed hair nii-chan who was reading the ever familiar orange smut. Ignoring his presence, she snatched the plastic bag with her precious ramen, unintentionally closing the door in her brother's face.
"Itadakimasu," she inhaled the ramen.
"Ma, Naru-Chan, it's not nice to leave me outside when I brought you ramen," the one eyed man remarked as he reopened the door.
"Hatake-san, you shouldn't spoil Naruto-sama. She should eat less ramen," the crow nagged.
Kakashi shrugged while his eyes remain glued on his smut as he nonchalantly turned the page. He had dropped by Naruto's place out of concern of her well-being, even bringing her favourite food in case she did not have an appetite.
"Kakashi-nii-Chan,...".
"Nani?"
"Train me, I need to get stronger!" Naruto exclaimed in determination.
Kakashi frowned, "why do you need to get stronger?". His sensei would not approve of him training his daughter at such a young age. His sensei and Kushina-sama would have wanted Naruto to enjoy a normal childhood.
"To find nii-Chan and protect my precious people, like you nii-Chan."
The vigor and determination shining in Naruto's eyes, warmed his heart. "Fair enough. When I'm not on missions, I'll train you after the academy," he gave her an eye smile.
"Yatta! Arigatou nii-Chan-sensei," Naruto leapt from her chair to embrace her new sensei. Kakashi chuckled at his new nickname from his imouto, glad that he had an excuse to meet the adorable blonde girl more.
"Meet me at training ground 4, after the academy. We'll begin training then."
"Naruto-sama, I won't be following you to the academy. I have to run some personal errands," Karasu cawed before flying out the window.
"Now let's go. You're late for the academy," Kakashi placed his hand on Naruto's head and shunshined them to the academy.
Skipping into class, she found her usual seat at the back of the class beside her sleeping pineapple haired Best Friend. She smacked the back of his head while screeched into Shikamaru's ear, "ohayou, sleepyhead!".
"Troublesome blond," he sat up as he nodded at the blond. Chouji, Shikamaru's childhood friend smiled at her and offered his potato chips. She smiled but politely decline. Naruto finally sat down as she observed the rest of her classmates. Sasuke was not at his usual spot by the window. He was normally early. That explained why his fanclub was in chaos. Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino, self-declared president and vice president of said fanclub were engaged in a shouting match regarding the absent boy they hold immense affection for.
"Your big forehead scared him away.". "Shut up pig. He must have ran away seeing your ugly face.".
"Alright, everyone settle down and shut up," Umino Iruka greeted the class but everyone's attention was on the verbal sparring match that had escalated into a catfight between the pinkhead and blonde.
"Yamanaka Ino! Haruno Sakura!" Iruka yelled, using the bighead no jutsu while subtly leaking killing intent. The two girls broke apart from their fight and everyone shuffled back to their seats. "Take out your history textbook, let's begin class.".
The bruised and messy pink haired girl raised her hand, "Sensei, where's Sasuke-kun?".
Whispers were heard in the classroom as everyone engaged in their own speculations and discussions. Nasty remarks were made about the Uchihas. Naruto frowned as she waited for Iruka's response.
"I'm pretty sure you heard rumours, Sakura. The Uchiha clan is no more except for Sasuke and his mother. Sasuke will be excused from class for a week."
The hushed whispers got louder, "Poor Sasuke-kun" "I heard one man murdered the entire clan" "the Uchihas are weak" "Itachi the monster"...
As Naruto heard more unjust remarks, she clenched her fist. Her nii-chan was no monster. He must have had a reason to kill the Uchiha clan, she just knew. There is no way her brother would do something so inhumane for power.
Shikamaru knew how much Itachi meant to Naruto, he placed his hand on top of Naruto's balled fist, giving it a squeeze of assurance. Naruto gaze softened as the edges of her lips twitched into a smile in return.
Iruka managed to finally maintain order in the class and resumed his lesson on the Nidaime Hokage exploits in the 2nd Shinobi War. Nearly the entire class with their small immature minds could no longer focus in class except for Haruno Sakura, Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino. Akimichi Chouji was munching on his chips, Inuzuka Kiba had been picking his nose and flicking whatever that comes out of his nostrils to the blonds hair sitting in front of him. Yamanaka Ino remained oblivious to Kiba's mischief as she was busy daydreaming about her poor Sasuke-kun.
Surprisingly, Nara Shikamaru was not asleep as he was deeply worried about his blond best friend. It was unusual to see Naruto in a daze in class, not planning any pranks. But he understood that what happened to Uchiha Itachi must have hit her hard even if he is unsure why the older Uchiha massacred his entire clan. He pulled out his shogi board and nudged Naruto, urging her to play. She smiled, grateful for the distraction. Shikamaru thoroughly enjoyed playing shogi with Naruto. Despite always winning the girl, she posed a great challenge with her unpredictability and intellect, even winning him a few times. That was saying alot, considering the only person that has ever claimed such a feat was his dad. He did not doubt her IQ, since she always had a foolproof plan when it comes to pranks, managing to escape the ANBUs most of the time. If only she used her intellect on less troublesome things. It was after all, through the game of Go they become friends. Never could he have imagined becoming best friends with the loud, buubly girl when he first met her on the first day of school, challenging to the game. Even if she was troublesome, he enjoyed the company and allowed her to stay with him when he went cloud watching, sometimes joining heads in her many pranks. As they continued playing, Shikamaru scrutinised her face, amused by her eyebrows furrowing, confused at the moves he made. They continued playing till the end of class, drawing more spectators including Hinata, Chouji and Shino.
As soon as class ended, Shikamaru offered Naruto to come over to his place for snacks but she declined. "Where are you going Naruto?".
"I am going to meet Kakashi-nii. He offered to train me. Do you want to join?"
Normally Shikamaru would find training troublesome but he tagged along as he was worred about her well-being.
At training ground 4, the pair were greeted by the one-eyed jounin who was sitting on a tree branch reading the familiar orange book. "I see you've brought company.".
"Konichiwa Hatake-san. Naruto invited me to join in the training session.". The jounin nodded, beckoning the duo to sit at the base of the tree.
"My youthful eternal rival Kakashi! Have you come to me for another round of battle of youth?" Kakashi stiffened as he heard the familiar voice from below the branch above him and looked up to face him.
"Hmm, did you say something?"
The jounin with a bowl cut, thick caterpillar eyebrows, wearing tight green spandex facepalmed and cried animatedly "curse you my eternal rival, with your hip attitude.". He jumped down to stand beside an identical looking boy. Shikamaru and Naruto jumped at the sudden appearance in front of them. Frightened by the weird jounin, Naruto hid behind Shikamaru but did not go unnoticed.
Lee blushed as his eyes laid upon Naruto, and took her hand, kissing the back of her palm like a gentleman before complimenting her good looks. On instinct, Shikamaru smacked Lee's hand away and stood in front of Naruto, acting as a shield from the weird green creature in front of him. Gai cried anime tears as he shouted about the power of youthful love, "That's it, Lee! Let the power of youth explode!". Naruto looked at Kakashi, pleading for help, but Kakashi continued reading his smut, thoroughly amused by Gai and Lee weird antics that was for once not directed at him.
"Mah, let's do a round of self-introduction," Kakashi suggested cheerfully from the tree.
"I am the Handsome Devil of the Hidden Leaf Village! My name is Rock Lee! I'm 8 years old. I like training." the mini version of Gai that was standing beside him, introduced.
"I've seen you before, you're our upperclassmen, the one who failed all the ninjutsu and genjutsu classes," Shikamaru pointed out bluntly.
"I may not have talent in ninjutsu or genjutsu but I will show everyone that I can be a splendid ninja as well even if I don't have ninjutsu or genjutsu... I will prove it to the whole world! If I can't do that, I'll do 400 push-ups. If I can't do 400 push-ups, I'll hit the dummy 800 times! If I can't hit the dummy 800 times, I'll do 2000 jump ropes!"
"Young youthful flower and mushroom that blossom in the mountains, People call me the Leaf's Noble Gentleman, blessed with the power of youth, Konoha's Taijutsu master, Might Guy," he gave his thumbs up pointing to his odd brightly shining teeth that could blind anyone. Naruto cringed at the good guy pose, "I'm 24 years old. I love training and my dream is to train Lee to be the best in Taijutsu," They learnt that Gai had taken him under his wing after hearing of Lee's condition.
"Troublesome, the names Nara Shikamaru, I'm 7 years old. I dislike training and waking up. I like napping, playing shogi and cloud watching. I wish I was a cloud, …. just floating along. My dream is to live a simple life, marry a simple girl and have two children - a girl and a boy.".
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, dattebayo. I'm 6 years old. I like instant ramen and I especially love ichiraku ramen. I like hanging out with my nii-chans and friends and I like learning new jutsus. I hate the 3 minutes wait after you've poured the water in the cup. My hobbies are eating different kind of ramen and comparing them. My aim is to grow strong to protect my precious people and to find my nii-Chan!".
After almost everyone introduced themselves, awkward silence ensued. Naruto threw a stone in Kakashi's direction, urging the man to introduce himself.
"Oh...me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. What I like...I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future...hmm...never really thought about that...as for my hobbies...well, I have a lot of hobbies."
'That was really useless… all he told us was his name' the thought that ran through everyone's mind as they facepalmed.
"Gahh! Kakashi! You make me so mad! Why do you have to act so cool?!" Gai grovelled on the ground in exasperation.
Gai invited them to train together under the guidance of him and Kakashi. After all Kakashi was still in ANBU and could not train them everyday. To begin, Gai tested their endurance and stamina by getting Shikamaru and Naruto to run laps, do pushup and situps. He moved on with a spar where 3 of them were pitted against him while Kakashi watched from the tree. Impressed at the oddly flawless team dynamics the 3 young academy students posses (despite it being their first meeting), an idea pop into his head.
Kakashi leapt from the branch to stop the spar and whispered into Gai's ear. The other jounin eyes widened before nodding.
"Before the both of us train the three of you, we're going to test you," the one eyed jounin pulled out two bells and attached them to his hip while placing an alarm clock on a stump, "It's set for 6pm. The test is very simple, you just have to take these bells from me. That's all there is to it. If you can't get one, you'll be tied to the tree with no dinner while you watch me and Gai eat in front of you.".
"Wait a minute, there's 3 of us but there are only 2 bells?" Lee asked. Shikamaru rubbed his nose and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "At least one of you would be automatically lose and be tied to the tree. Well there's only me and Gai, we can only teach one each…. But then again, all 3 of you could fail. You can use any weapons or jutsus against me. If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to take the bells. When I say start, you can begin," Kakashi explained nonchalantly as he flipped the page of his smut.
A kunai whizzed past Naruto as it grazed the whiskers on her cheeks.
"What was that for nii-chan?".
"Start!"
The three academy student leapt away from the training ground and hid in the woods.
"At least they're smart," Kakashi remarked, giggling at the book's content. If anyone had read the content, they would blush, redder than Uzumaki Kushina's hair and sport a nose bleed.
"Isn't it harsh to give the bell test. They're not even genin?" Kakashi's fellow jounin enquired.
"Mah, they look promising as a team. No harm done. There's no risk if they fail. I'm confident that they will pass. Naruto-chan's smart and Shikamaru is too. Have faith.".
Meanwhile in the woods, Naruto was looking for her best friend. There was something odd about the test and it irked her. She recalled previously that Gai-sensei offered both Shikamaru and herself to train together. That means Kakashi-nii-chan and Gai-sensei could train the three of them together. Confused, she rushed to find the pineapple head boy. Shikamaru was the smarter between the two, he would know better. Using her chakra as taught by the academy, she sent out a chakra pulse(no doubt that can be felt by the two jounins, no, the entire Konoha) to detect Shikamaru. Tracing his whereabouts, she dashed in his direction only to find him sitting cross legged with his hands steepled in his usual thinking pose. Naruto chose not to disturb Shikamaru as he was probably thinking of a foolproof plans that was 10 moves ahead like he always did when they played go or shogi. Noticing the blonde girl, he broke the pose, "Lets find Lee, I've got a plan.". Naruto nodded in understanding before sending out the same chakra pulse and dashed towards Lee with Shikamaru tailing behind.
However, Lee had decided to take action and sprang out of the woods. He performed a roundhouse kick toward the jounin which was easily avoided. They exchange blows, well, it was just Lee throwing punches and kicks at Kakashi while Kakashi avoided them all despite his gaze still on his precious book. Shikamaru and Naruto watched from the woods in awe at their upperclassman speed and superior taijutsu form.
"Konoha senpuu(Leaf whirlwind)," Lee attempted but his leg was unfortunately caught by Kakashi and was tossed into the air. Lee fell to the ground, trying to catch his breath to continue his string of futile attack but Kakashi clasped his hands together sticking out his index and middle finger into a Tiger hand seal-
"Run Lee!" Naruto shouted in fear for her new friend.
Lee recognised the sign and immediately scrambled to his feet to run from the jutsu. Unfortunately, as he turned around, it gave Kakashi the perfect opening to perform his 'jutsu', "Konoha Hidden Secret Taijutsu Ogi: Sennen Goroshi(Thousand years of death)". Kakashi's kancho sent the poor green spandex wearing boy flying into the air into the nearest pond. Might Guy berated at his rivals un-youthful jutsu but did not interfere with the test. Naruto and Shikamaru scrambled to the pond to help Lee out of the pond before pulling him to the woods, unaware of the silent approval from the other two jounins.
Lee crouch down, trying to hide his embarrassment from having been kanchoed while he wringed his wet attire."Arigatou Shikamaru-kun, Naruto-chan, demo, why help me? The both of you should get the bells together, you've known each other for so long. It would upset me if I broke you two up…" Lee offered dejectedly.
"Baka, aren't you our friend? We won't leave you behind!" Naruto exclaimed, ruffling Lee's drenched bowl cut hair. Lee looked up to Naruto and Shikamaru, eyes brimmed with tears, grateful for his new friends.
"It's a test of teamwork anyway. Kakashi-san and Gai-san would not expect academy students to get the bells against a veteran jounin. It wouldn't matter if we got the bells or not as long as we work together. So here's the plan…..".
Kakashi and Gai waited expectantly in the middle of the training ground. There was only 20 minutes left. "Shouldn't you find them, Kakashi?"
However, a drenched academy student appeared from the woods, "Dynamic Entry!". Kakashi stepped aside, "Back for more? The other two have yet to even give it a go?". Lee ignored the jounin taunts and continued throwing punches and kicks at him. A kunai from the woods aimed at Kakashi head, causing the jounin to leap up.
"Katon: Gokakyuu no jutsu!" A medium size fireball was aimed upwards towards him. Kakashi's eyes widened at the elemental jutsu directed at him, immediately used a substitution jutsu to avoid the fireball. However, three shuriken were thrown at him by Shikamaru but he soon realised it was a faint as he saw a black tendril on the ground following him, "Kage Mane No Jutsu".
However, he was distracted by a crow flying into the training ground, "Naruto-sama how may I assist you?" Naruto smirked at the crow and asked the crow to distract Kakashi. Kakashi's senses rose as he knew what Itachi's crows were capable of. However, he was too slow in activating his Sharingan and was caught in the crow's genjutsu. As soon as he dispelled the genjutsu, he realised he could not move. Shikamaru had caught him in the shadow possession. He watched as three academy students towered over him, Naruto jiggling the two bells above his head, "So do we pass?" Naruto mocked, the alarm clock rang, indicating that it was 6. Gai laughed heartily at his rival's demise, shouting about youthful students beating his rival.
All of their hopes were crushed as Kakashi poofed from existence and the bells in Naruto's hands disappeared. "Unfortunately, you didn't get the bells." they turned to the source of the voice, only to find Kakashi on the same tree he laid on earlier, sporting the bells on his hips. Realising the Kakashi they battled was a clone, their head hung low in disappointment. Gai patted their heads, "Even if it was a clone, you did well against him. Never have I seen genin laying a finger on Kakashi, let alone academy students. With the power of youth you-"
"But we passed right? The test was about teamwork," Shikamaru stated, blatantly ignoring the weird jounin. Said weird jounin cried anime tears as he collapsed from being ignored.
"As expected of a Nara. I'm proud of you guys for looking underneath the underneath. Yes you 3 passed!" Naruto and Lee were jumping with joy while Shikamaru watched them with a proud smile unlike his usual lazy self.
"The bell test is meant to be a genin survival test to determine if they are worthy of being shinobi of Konoha. You guys did exceptionally well. Despite being pitted against each other, the the three of you figured out of the real meaning of the test and worked together. Konoha stems from the belief of teamwork." Kakashi led the trio to the memorial stoned . He trace his fingers across the string of names until he reached a familiar name. "This is the memorial stones. All the names engraved on it are shinobis that are honoured as heroes in Konoha. The names of my closest friends are on it. In the shinobi world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true but, those who abandon their friends are even worse than scum." 'Uchiha Obito', the name he stopped at.
Gai looked onto Kakashi solemnly but was glad he was opening up about his former teammate. The 3 of them listened intently, with newfound vigor and determination in their eyes. The three exchange glances, they were proud of themselves. Gai and Kakashi looked fondly at their unofficial students and were sure that the trio will bring ripples of change to the shinobi world. Despite Lee's weird quirks, the trio become fast friends as they promised to train everyday after school together (Shikamaru albeit reluctantly so).
"Hatake Kakashi! Might Guy! What do you think you're doing!" Kakashi and Gai stiffened as they felt their hair on their back raise. Slowly, they spin their body to the source of the booming voice but their ears were pulled by the lady.
"Mikoto-sama, we can explain," Kakashi cowered, struggling to break free from the death grip. He was sure that he would lose his left ear by the angry Uchiha if he struggled to break free. Afraid of the woman's rage if she knew that he had hurt Naruto, he tried to appease the lady "When did you get here?" he squeaked timidly.
"I was looking for Naruto-chan when I saw Karasu, so I followed him. Don't think you're not in trouble young man, I saw the cut on Naruto's cheek," Mikoto pulled Kakashi ear harder. Helpless Kakashi let out a whimper, praying to his teammates, father and sensei to save him from the enraged woman. Soon after, Uchiha Mikoto let go of the two jounin as they cupped their bruised ears in gratitude. The Uchiha proceeded to instead pull the ear of Uzumaki Naruto. "What did I tell you about using that Katon jutsu? Remember when you couldn't talk for a day," Mikoto reprimanded.
"I'm sorry oba-san. I will not use it again," Naruto apologised trying to break free from the death grip. Mikoto let go of her ear and smothered Naruto between her two mounts, "I was worried about you.". Naruto softened and melted into the embrace. It had been a long and hard day for them since the massacre the previous day. Naruto was fortunate to be distracted by Karasu, Kakashi and Shikamaru, well Gai and Lee as well and had forgotten to check up on Sasuke-kun and Mikoto-oba-san. Her eyes welled and she cried in the embrace of her mother figure. Naruto was in pain the entire night but had she been inconsiderate not to realise her oba-san would have suffered worse as not only had she lost her son but her entire clan.
After they had calmed down, Naruto introduced Mikoto to her best friend and her newest friend. Mikoto smiled appreciatively, grateful she had friends to help her through the rough times and invited them and the jounins over for dinner at her new apartment.
"Ka-chan where did you go?" a young boy with duck butt hair greeted his mother as he opened the front door. He was pleasantly surprised to see her mother with guests. "Sasuke-kun, prepare the dining table, we have guests," Sasuke nodded obediently and followed orders.
"Sorry, the apartment's still messy. We just moved in today. Please make yourselves at home while I finish cooking.".
The five sat at the dining table after Sasuke set the table. Naruto being a girl decided to help her oba-san in the kitchen. Sasuke joined the table and fidget awkwardly, observing the foreign people closely. Even if he knew Shikamaru, he was not close to the said boy. He was not close to any of his classmates for that matter. The only person he could mildly stand was Shino because he was quiet, that's why he always sat beside him in class. Shino was a good deterrent of fangirls since everyone were creeped out by him. He could say the same for Shikamaru as he respected the boys intellect despite being lazy. Sasuke disregarded the two other weird people who were shouting about the power of youth and instead, observed the mysterious jounin instead. Sensing the awkward air, Shikamaru muttered a troublesome, stopped the two weird people from their youthful talks and introduced them to Sasuke. Sasuke nodded gratefully, "Uchiha Sasuke," he greeted shortly. Before long, Mikoto and Naruto appeared from the kitchen and set the table.
"There's a reason why invited everyone," Mikoto started as she put her hands together. All eyes were on her as everyone stopped eating. "I'm sure you have heard about the recent events yesterday, me and Sasuke are alright, please don't worry too much about us. We'll be living here from now on," Mikoto shared reassuringly. "With that said, I've discussed with Hokage-sama and he has allowed me to adopt you, Naruto.".
Naruto stared blankly, unable to comprehend the news she was receiving. Gai and Lee went on about how youthful Mikoto was while Shikamaru and Kakashi were grateful and overjoyed that their best friend / sister was going to have a family. Shikamaru waved his hand in front of Naruto's face, hoping to get a response from the blond.
Sasuke scrutinised the gaping girl that both his mother and older brother adored. He never understood why the both of them showered her with attention. She was loud, had weird taste - wearing a neon orange dress is just as bad as the other two weird green creatures sitting across him. But he envied her a little, his nuke-nin older brother spent more time with her, even teaching her the gokakyuu no jutsu. At the same time he respected her. Firstly, she was not his fangirl. Even though Naruto was the class deadlast, he knew it was because she had the tendency to pull pranks than to study. After all, she learnt the gokakyuu no jutsu in a week when it took him a month. That's probably why Itachi adored the girl more. He could relate to his fellow genius. He even left his summon for her. Despite all that, he was willing to open up to his new sister, but it would take time.
Mikoto glared her son for being rude and urged the boy to make Naruto comfortable. Reluctantly, he stuck out his hand at her.
"Can I really call you nii-chan, Sasuke-kun?" Naruto stared at the hand with uncertainty.
"You don't have to, we're the same age aren't we?" Sasuke queried.
"No I'm 6, I entered the academy a year early.".
"Hnn," was Sasuke's 'cool' reply. His mother would have reprimanded him but she noticed her son's normally cold demeanour morphed with a slight upward twitch on his lip. Seeing the stoic, broody Uchiha 'smile' reassured his mother. Naruto awkwardly shook his hand. Mikoto smiled at the awkward display and hugged the both of them, "My musume!". Karasu landed on Naruto's head, wanting to be a part of the new family hug.